Actor, singer/songwriter on hiatus. See below:And here are a few of my professional and free-lance shots:And here are the many faces of me:
theatre!, writing poetry and music!!, playing my guitar!!!, dancing, singing, camping, hiking, rock climbing, reading, playing sports, photography, cooking, fantasy art, human sexuality, british literature, the beat generation, stage combat, sword-play and fencing, music festivals, folklore and mythology, road trips and travelling, family, and really good beer (no pilsners or wheats allowed).
TOP FIVE (for the moment):
A few things in my mp3 player:
Artists: 311, A Brief View of the Hudson, A Perfect Circle, Adema, Alice in Chains, Alison Krauss, Barenaked Ladies, Beastie Boys, Beck, Ben Harper, Better Than Ezra, Bill Monroe, BJ Thomas, Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Blink 182, Blur, Breaking Benjamin, Buckcherry, Bush, Cake, Charlie Daniels Band, Chet Atkins, Chevelle, Chris Isaak, Clint Black, Colin Hay, Colourbox, Commodores, Confederate Railroad, Conway Twitty, Cox Family, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crossfade, Dagda, Damien Jurado, Damien Rice, Dan Tyminski, David Allan Coe, David Bowie, David Gilmour, Dean Martin, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Devin the Dude, Diamond Rio, Dido, Disturbed, Doc Watson, Doobie Brothers, Dope, Doves, Dr. Demento, Dream Academy, Dream Theater, Dwight Yoakum, Elton John, Ernest Tubb, Evenout, ezgirl, Fall Out Boy, Finger Eleven, Fiona Apple, Franz Ferdinand, Frou Frou, Full Devil Jacket, Gavin DeGraw, George Jones, George Strait, Gillian Welch, Godsmack, Golden Earring, Gorillaz, Government Mule, Great Big Sea, Hal Katchum, Hoobastank, Indigo Girls, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, Jack White, Jackson Browne, Jason Robert Brown, Jerry Cantrell, Jet, Jimmi's Chicken Shack, Jimmy Eat World, John Conlee, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Joss Stone, Keane, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kentucky Headhunters, Korn, Lelia Broussard, Leonard Cohen, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Lit, Little Texas, Loreena McKinnett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mad Season, Marilyn Manson, Maroon 5, Massive Attack, Merle Haggard, Meshuggah, Modest Mouse, Monster Magnet, Motorhead, Mudvayne, Murray Head, Nick Drake, Norah Jones, North Mississippi Allstars, Oat Soda, Our Lady Peace, Ozzy Osbourne, Patty Griffin, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Pirates of the Mississippi, Powerman 5000, Puddle of Mudd, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Ray Lamontagne, Remy Zero, Ricky Van Shelton, Rob Zombie, Sawyer Brown, Scissor Sisters, Seether, Seven Mary Three, Shinedown, Simple Plan, Sinead O' Conner, Slipknot, Sons & Daughters, Staind, Static-X, Steve Winwood (pre 80s), Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime, System of a Down, Tesla, TG Sheppard, The Calling, The Darkness, The Flaming Lips, The Frames, The Killers, The Polyphonic Spree, The Stone Roses, The Shins, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Thompson Twins, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Tonic, Tony Bennett, Tool, Tracy Byrd, Tristania, TRUST Company, Type O Negative, Vern Gosdin, Weezer, White Zombie, Widespread Panic, William Shatner, Willie Nelson, Z-Trip, Zero 7
Soundtracks: Cold Mountain, Garden State, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Live from Bonnaroo, Weeds
A few others on CD needing to be put on MP3 player:
Reverend Horton's Space Heater, Southern Culture on the Skids, Bee Gees (not a word), Johnny Horton, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Lang, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band, Chemical Bros., Ricky Skaggs. And if you'd like to hear samples of my own music, go to http://www.myspace.com/shanewallis
TOP FIVE:
There's alot of great movies that have been made and I'm sure this list will grow as more come to mind. For starters: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy (original), Indiana Jones Trilogy, Labrynth, The Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, Fight Club, Brick, Eternal Sunshine..., Requiem for a Dream, Magnolia, Big Fish, almost all Johnny Depp films (sans Wonka), Ladyhawke, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Interview with a Vampire, Pump Up the Volume, Willow, Lonesome Dove (mini-series), Tombstone, Pulp Fiction, Momento, American Beauty, Seven, Reservoir Dogs, Braveheart, Trainspotting, Snatch, The Princess Bride, Gladiator, Stand By Me, Sling Blade, 23 Grams, The Doors, Young Guns, Hellboy, X-Men, True Romance
TOP FIVE:
Jack Kerouac, JK Rowling, Clive Barker, Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Weis, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, William Blake, John Keats, Dylan Thomas, John Milton, Thomas Mallory, Theodore Roethke, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, Robert Browning, The Work of Beowulf, Geoffery Chaucer, Mathew Arnold, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Ben Jonson, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, Christopher Marlowe, Allen Gensburg, William Earnest Henley, William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, Jim Morrison, and of course Shakespeare. Three of my most favorite poets: Crane, Coleridge, and Whitman.
...more like people I admire: Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, W. Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Alexander the Great, Boris Vallejo, Stephen Hawking, Kenneth Brannaugh, Jack Kerouac, Stevie Ray Vaughn